Nighthawks at the Diner

Description

Recorded in front of a live audience at the record plant recording studio in Los Angeles in 1975, ‘Nighthawks at the Diner’ debuts some of Waits’ greatest classics like: ‘Warm Beer, Cold Women’ and ‘Eggs and Sausage’ with a crack jazz ensemble backing him up and some of the greatest stage patter ever committed to record.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Opening Intro – Tom Waits (2.58)
2. Emotional Weather Report – Tom Waits (3.47)
3. Intro – Tom Waits (2.17)
4. On a Foggy Night – Tom Waits (3.48)
5. Intro – Tom Waits (1.53)
6. Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac With Susan Michelson) – Tom Waits (4.19)
7. Intro – Tom Waits (3.02)
8. Better Off Without a Wife – Tom Waits (3.59)
9. Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street) – Tom Waits (11.30)
Disc 2
1. Intro – Tom Waits (0.56)
2. Warm Beer and Cold Women – Tom Waits (5.21)
3. Intro – Tom Waits (0.48)
4. Putnam County – Tom Waits (7.35)
5. Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission) – Tom Waits (6.26)
6. Nobody – Tom Waits (2.51)
7. Intro – Tom Waits (0.41)
8. Big Joe and Phantom 309 – Tom Waits (6.29)
9. Spare Parts II and Closing – Tom Waits (5.13)